#Tolkien

David Rowe

mrdavidrowe

1 Like, 1 LOTR opinion that probably isn't that interesting anyway... Elrond is an underachiever. Yes, the walking tree on the North Downs was an Entwife. No, Hobbits don't have

Robert Kearney

Robkearney1981

Millions have come to enjoy and love J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy but few know that the author privately told many that these works were based on a

Uwe Edelheit (no, that's not my real name)

dietweeterei

1/ Have you ever wondered which of #Tolkien’s invented writing systems is used by the #Hobbits? This is a question I repeatedly get asked. Let’s have a look… #TolkienFriday 2/

David Bowles (Mācuīl Ehēcatl) 🏳️‍🌈

DavidOBowles

I like to remind my wife (born Angélica Maldonado González) that "González" kind of means "son of Gandalf."See, "Gonzalo" comes from "Gonzalvo," which in turn ultimately derives from the Germanic

Peter McLean

PeteMC666

Ok, I think it's time for some industry real-talk. It's not the 80s, 90s, or even 2000s anymore. It's 2021 in the middle of a global pandemic, and the publishing

Cloven Pine Games (is doing #ZineQuest!)

ClovenPineGames

Entering the home stretch of our #ZineQuest campaign for Back Again from the Broken Land, our game of small adventurers sharing stories on the long walk back from an epic

Evan

EvanCooney

Alright ladies and gents, you didn’t ask for the Fall of Numenor but I’m giving it you anyway. Strap in and grab some popcorn and handkerchiefs because this one is

Jeannette Ng 吳志麗

jeannette_ng

Very often these conversations about mythic mashups and authenticity get mired in basically people trying to feel out rules for how to do it themselves. "What makes Wakanda/Tolkien/Example okay but

atomickristin, first of her name, probably

atomickristin

I was just thinking of this concept in light of the differences between LOTR and GoT.People who came of age at the same time as Tolkien saw brutality, violence, sickness,

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

“Tolkien begins his sagas of Middle Earth not by describing some vast geopolitical organization, but by ushering us into a snug, well-stocked hobbit hole, in a lovely and rather provincial

JM Morante

JM_Morante_R

(1/9) Thrilled to share that the latest paper from @FarinasLab has been released online today in @CellStemCell!! Something we’ve been working on for quite a while, so it’s a rush

nome

NomeDaBarbarian

Thoughts on Orcs:My first characters were almost always orcs, or half-orcs. I was too big for my skin, didn't get people, and (I now know) wasn't wired like them. My

PEG

pegobry

Rereading The Lord of the Rings gives me even more sympathy for some of the choices Jackson made. After Weathertop, the hobbits and Strider hang out and listen to Sam

Noah Berlatsky

nberlat

anyway, since I was babbling about world building.world building is important in fiction, but there aren't necessarily very many rules about *how* it's important. that is, "good" world building isn't

Patrick Kniesler🙂

patron_vectras

Today Jan 6th, or some day very soon, will be a watershed moment between two rivers of chaos.#Conservative, #Trad, #Constitutionalist - the #populist movement has carried a raft to the

Jaime Dill, Editor & Book Coach

jaime_dill

A few people are contending that 3rd-person isn't necessarily distanced. I want to further explain limited versus omniscient to highlight how 3rd can be distant but can also be extremely

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